Patient&#39;s back and head rest.



R. M. RUSSELL.

PATIENTS BACK AND HEAD REST.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9| IBIS.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

0 Application filed Hatch 9, 1818. Serial No.281fi08.

' To all whom it may. concern:

Be it kIlOWIl that I, Ronn'nr M. Russnm, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecount of Kings and State of New York, have in .ented a new and ImprovedPatients Back and Head Rest, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to back and head rests especially adapted forpatients, although it may be used by others to support the back or headat any angle of inclination while the patient is lying on a bed or cot.

The invention has for its general objects to improve the construction ofa device of this character so as to be easily folded or unfolded,adjusted to difierent' positions, durable and substantial inconstruction, and thoroughly sanitary. f v

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a resthaving a novel arrangement of back and head sections and prop meanstherefor, whereby the sections can be adjusted at any desiredinclination to each other and to the bed.

With such objects in view and others which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth withparticu-- larity in the following description and claims appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device set up on a cot and showingit in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device whden folded for carrying orstoring away; an

Fig. 3is an enlarged sectional view of the device set up as shown inFig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, A and B designate the back and head sectionsof the rest, each of which comprises a plate of metal 1 and a marginalframe 2, and the sections are connected together by hinges 3, wherebythe head-rest section will fold down over in frontof'the back-restsection A. A supporting leg G in the form of a frame is connected byhinges 4 to the upper edge of the back-rest section A, and the frame orprop C includes a plurality of cross-bars or rungs 5 for engagement bybrace bars 6 and angles of 7 connected with the sections A and B,respectively, to support the latter at difierent.

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inclination. The brace. bar 6 is hmiedly connected at '8 with the loweredge bar 6 with the prop C, the section A can be supported at any angledesired. The brace bar 7 has its upper'end hingedly connected at 10 withthe top edge of the section B, and extends downwardly toward the prop C,there being a plurality of notches 11 in the bar 7 to engage the u perrung 5, whereby. the head-rest section can be adjusted to dlfierentpositions. The weight of the bar 6 maintains it engaged with itsrespective rung 5, whereas the leaf spring 12 on the section B engagesthe brace bar 7 to assist in maintaining it in engagement with itsrespective rung 5. To permit the back folding, the brace bars are eachmade of sections a and- 6 connected by a knuckle joint The hinge 4 is soapplied that the prop C folds down against the rear side of the sectionA, with the folded brace rod 6 lying between the prop G and the sectionA. The upper brace rod 7 when folded is held in position by means of apivoted catch it on the section B.

For convenience in transporting the device, a U-shaped handle 15 isslidably mounted in the top part of the frame 2 of the section A, sothat it can be adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 when the foldeddevice is to be transported. The entire construction is preferably madeof metal and enameled or otherwise finished so as to be sanitary. Y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and Bod methodof operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art towhich the invention appertains, and while I have described the principleof operation, together with the device which I now consider to be thebest embodiment, thereof, I desire to have it understood that thedeviceshown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be madewhen desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1

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claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device of the class described comprising a back-rest section ofplate-like form, a

head-rest section, a prop, brace members between the said sections andprop, and hinges connecting the prop and head-rest section totheback-rest section, with the head-rest section and prop foldable downagainst the opposite sides of the head-rest section, the

axes of the hinges being located respectively to the front and rear ofthe back-rest section.

' 2. A device of the class described compris-' ing a back-rest sectionof plate-like form, a head-rest section, a prop, brace members betweenthe said sections and prop, hinges connecting the prop and head-restsection to the back-rest section, with the head-rest section and propfoldable down against the opposite sides of the head-rest section,hinges connecting the brace members with the head and back-rest sectionsat points remote from the hinge between them, and means for adjustablyconnecting the brace members with the prop, the axes of the hinges beinglocated respectively to the front and rear of the back-rest section.

3. A device of the classdescribed comprismg a back-rest section, aheadrest section,

restore tions and prop, hinges connecting the prop and head-rest sectionto the back-rest sectlon, with the head-rest sectionand prop ,f0ldabledown against the opposite sides of each other from a common plane, aframe hingedly connected with the back-rest section and having aplurality of rungs, a brace member between the top portion of theheadrest section and the upper rung of the said frame, to permit thehead-rest section to be adjusted to difierent angles, and a brace memberconnected with the lower portion of the back-rest section and adjustablyengaged with the lower rung of the frame for supporting the back-restsection at difi'erent angles. v

ROBERT M. RUSSELL.

a prop, brace members between the said sec-

